Production Supervisor, Journalism Production Center
Hours: 1:45pm - 10pm Monday - Friday
Contract, potential for Perm
Temporary role to supervise weekday evening operation and provide technical support for the Journalism Production Center's studio and editing facilities.
Your Department
The Journalism Production Center includes a TV studio and control room, newsroom, Evolving Media Suite, edit suites, and additional support spaces. It is managed by the Media Technologies and Production department. The facility is deeply tied to the Journalism curriculum, the JPC provides equipment and training for students to develop the skills needed to report the news in a rapidly changing world. Your department sits within the Production Facilities, key areas where students learn the real-life skills of the communications industry.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the daily evening oversight, 2pm -10pm, of the Journalism Production Center. Ensuring high quality of user services.
- Assist, support, and troubleshoot student and faculty use of the JPC editing systems, control room and studio.
- Train faculty, students, and classes in the operation of Journalism Production Center's technical equipment and software.
- Supervise and train approximately 15 part-time student employees each semester.
- Support the Manager, JPC in ensuring successful planning and installation of new equipment.
- Coordinate equipment repairs and installations with Manager, JPC.
- Manage field equipment and edit suite reservations for Journalism students.
- Support department with special productions and projects that use the Center's facility or other college events.
- Serve as a Technical advisor to WEBN student organization.
- All other duties as assigned.
Your Qualifications:
- 2-4 years of broadcast news production or television facility operations management demonstrating:
- Familiarity with control room systems, including video servers, audio board, switcher and intercom
- Control room automation for news production
- Video acquisition and editing
- Knowledge of Media Asset Management
- General understanding of video/computer equipment
- Basic understanding of computer networking
- Maintenance/repair skills
- Strong knowledge of audio/video system setup and base level engineering.
Preferred /Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Education (including hardware, software, and equipment)
- Bachelor's Degree in Video/Television Production, Broadcast Journalism, or equivalent.
- Experience with Ross Inception, ENPS, or other newsroom computer system.
- Final Cut Pro X , Premiere Pro CC
- Control Room Automation for news, preferably Ross Overdrive,
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Xpression Graphics